With the triumph of the British, the Dutch Max Verstappen now leads the F1 World Championship with eight points.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes team), second classified in the World Championship, won the first Qatar Grand Prix in the history of Formula 1, and was eight points behind leader Max Verstappen (Red Bull), second this Sunday in the 20. 22nd test this season.
After leaving from pole, Hamilton was not disturbed by the comeback of Verstappen, who started from seventh place, nor by Fernando Alonso (Alpine), who signed his first podium of the year and the first since Hungary 2014.
Only two races remain on the 2021 calendar, in Saudi Arabia and in Abu Dhabi in December.
It is the second victory in a row, after Brazil, the 7th this season and the 102nd of the career for Hamilton, who is aiming for an eighth world crown.
“We can make it”, The winner of the day still launched from his car.
One year after its 2022 World Championship, Qatar organized its first Formula 1 Grand Prix, at night on the Losail circuit north of the capital Doha.
Second in the qualifying session on Saturday, Verstappen was fined five places on the grid for failing to slow down while Gasly’s car was immobilized on the track..
The 24-year-old Dutchman won three places at the start. On lap 5 he was already second behind Hamilton.
But unlike Brazil, the scene of an anthological battle last week, this time there was no direct duel between both candidates for the title.
Verstappen, who is aiming for a first title this year, finished 57 laps of 5.38 kilometers in 25.7 seconds of the seven-time world champion, but took the point of fastest lap in the race.
The double world champion in 2005 and 2006 Fernando Alonso, signed his 98th podium, the first since 2014: “Incredible, seven years … I waited so long for this,” reacted the 40-year-old Spaniard. (D)
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